A & P

There was one dominant woman in this story, the "queenie" the submissive women are her two followers. The Queenie had a hint of submission when she was told she couldn't dress the way she did in the store anymore. The women play a minor role in the story, and they hardly talk. the fact that the manager and two workers are all male can be seen as a stereotype that only the males can work, and have the higher up jobs. There's an imbalance of power between male and female characters. Another stereotype that can be taken from this short story is that women do all the shopping; the shoppers are all women in A & P. I also see that the manager and Sammy, both males, seem to be more dominant than the females. The story is drastically sexualizing; going on about the women's appearances seemed to be the bulk of the story.